Unscramble SHARPENING and you have 349 words, SHARPENING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SHARPENING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 20 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Among 20 8-letter words in SHARPENING, the top score is 14, reached by 4. EARNINGS, HEARINGS and GRANNIES are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 7-letter words from SHARPENING tie at 13 points; none scores more. HEARING, SHARING and SHAPING will look familiar.
GRAPHS, PHAGES and PHANGS share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHARPENING. PHRASE, PARISH and GRAPES are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words from SHARPENING tie at 11 points; none scores more. PAGES, PHASE and SHAPE will look familiar.
PEGH scores highest among the 4-letter words in SHARPENING at 10 points, ahead of EPHA and HAPS on 9. PAGE, SHIP and HAIR are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words made with SHARPENING letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, AGE and SPA will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SHARPENING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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What SHARPENING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SHARPENING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARPENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 349) | 279 | 349 | 266 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: SHAPENING, HESPING, PARISHEN, PHESING, SPREAGH, PHANGS, GNASHER, HEPARS, HIRAGES, PEGHS, PHANG, PHARES and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: PHASER, PISHER, NEARISH, AHING, ASHINE, HEPS, PANNERS, ARGH, AHIS, AHI, AHS, AGS and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of SHARPENING plus a single extra one.